ALESIS QSR Reference Manual
Conventions
How To Use This Manual
Introduction
Page
2 Your First Session
CONTENTS
1 Setting Up
3 Connections
5 Editing Mixes
6 Editing Programs
8 Global Settings
7 Editing Effects
9 MIDI Transfer And Storage Operations
UNPACKING AND INSPECTION
SETTING UP
AC POWER HOOKUP
CHAPTER
BASIC AUDIO HOOKUP
PHONES
ABOUT AUDIO CABLES
WHAT’S A PROGRAM?
POWERING UP
YOUR FIRST SESSION
CHAPTER
PRESET1
WHAT’S A MIX?
WHATS A BANK?
PRESET3
PROGRAM MODE AND MIX MODE
PLAYING THE QSR
MIDI Input Indicator
Program Number
SELECTING PROGRAM BANKS
SELECTING THE MIDI CHANNEL IN PROGRAM MODE
REALTIME PERFORMANCE FUNCTIONS
AUDITIONING MIX PLAY MODE
SELECTING MIX BANKS
Program Name and Number
CHOOSING PROGRAMS IN A MIX
Mix Number
Play Mode
ENABLING GENERAL MIDI MODE
STORING AN EDITED MIX
USING THE PCMCIA EXPANSION CARD SLOTS
A WORD ABOUT THE QSR CD-ROM
SOUND BRIDGE
CONNECTIONS
BASIC MIDI HOOKUP
USING AN EXTERNAL SEQUENCER
PC 38.4Kbd
USING A COMPUTER
MIDI
PC31.25Kbd
IBM PCS AND COMPATIBLES
MACINTOSH
DIGITAL AUDIO/OPTICAL HOOKUP
RECORDING DIGITAL AUDIO
48 KHZ IN
QSR POLYPHONY
OVERVIEW
BASIC ARCHITECTURE
CHAPTER
MIX PLAY MODE
MODES
PROGRAM PLAY MODE
PROGRAM EDIT MODE
GLOBAL EDIT MODE
MIX EDIT MODE
EFFECTS EDIT MODE
STORE MODE
ABOUT THE DISPLAY
THE USER INTERFACE DISPLAY, FUNCTIONS, PAGES AND PARAMETERS
MIDI Input Indicator
Program Number
SND1VOICE πå Snd EnableON
PARAMETER EDITING OVERVIEW
MIDI CH BUTTONS
EDITING VALUES
PRESET MEMORY AND USER MEMORY
COMPARING EDITED AND STORED VERSIONS
STORING
STORE A PROGRAM OR MIX
TO AUDITION PROGRAMS BEFORE STORING
Overview Chapter
SOUND 2 STR
COPYING SOUNDS BETWEEN PROGRAMS
COPYING EFFECTS BETWEEN PROGRAMS
PROG
INITIALIZING THE PROGRAM/MIX BUFFERS
INITIALIZING SOUNDS
Overview Chapter
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PROGRAM ASSIGN FOR EACH MIDI CHANNEL
WHAT IS A MIX?
EDITING MIXES
MIX EDIT MODE
UNDERSTANDING THE EDIT BUFFERS
Program Volume 00 to
LEVEL SETTING FOR EACH PROGRAM
Program Enable On or Off
Page
KEYBOARD/MIDI
PITCH
EFFECT
Tune Octave -2 to +2 octaves
Aftertouch On or Off
CONTROLLERS
Pitch-bend and Modulation Wheels On or Off
Sustain Pedals On or Off
QS8 Keyboard Range
SETTING THE RANGE AND MIDI SWITCHES
NAMING A MIX
Program Sound Range
You will see MixGroupCH in the middle of the display
POLYPHONY IN MIX PLAY MODE
PLAYING A GROUP OF CHANNELS IN A MIX
You will see MIDI Group in the middle of the display
THE “NORMALIZED” SYNTH VOICE
EDITING PROGRAMS
OVERVIEW
CHAPTER
HOW THE QSR GENERATES SOUND
PROGRAM SOUND LAYERS
QSR SIGNAL FLOW
THE FOUR SOUNDS OF A PROGRAM
Cutoff Frequency
VOICE
LOWPASS FILTER
Filter Amplitude Frequency
ABOUT MODULATION
ENVELOPES
ABOUT SIGNAL PROCESSING
LFO LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR
DRUM MODE
Sound Sound Sound Sound
Sound Type
Sound Enable
PROGRAM EDIT FUNCTIONS
Page
Group
Sound Group 17 options
Sound
Voice
Ethnic
Noise
Voice
Drums
Sound Output Main, Aux, or Off
Sound Volume 00 to
Sound Pan 3 to
Effect Level 00 to
Detune Type Normal or Equal
Semitone -24 to +24 semitones
Detune -99 to +99 cents
Pitch Wheel Range 0 to 12 semitones
Keyboard Mode Mono, Poly, 1-Pitch or 1-PMono
Portamento Exponential, Linear, 1 Speed
Portamento Rate 0 to
Page
Velocity -99 to +99
Filter Frequency 00 to
Keyboad Track On or Off
Page
Filter Envelope Depth -99 to +99
Modulation Wheel Depth -99 to +99
Filter LFO Depth -99 to +99
Page
Aftertouch Depth -99 to +99
Velocity Curve 13 choices
Page
Page
Program Sound Range
Amp LFO Depth -99 to +99
QS8 Keyboard Range
Page
Sound Overlap 00 to
Page
Decay & Sustain 00 to
PITCH ENVELOPE
Attack 00 to
Pages 2
Sustain Decay 00 to
Delay 00 to 99, Hold
Trigger Normal, Freerun, Reset, Reset-Freerun
Time Tracking On or Off
Velocity Modulation 00 to
Sustain Pedal On or Off
Level 00 to
Page
Page
Release 00 to
Attack 00 to
Decay & Sustain 00 to
Page
Delay 00 to
Trigger Normal, Freerun, Reset, Reset-Freerun
Sustain Decay 00 to
Velocity Modulation 00 to
Level 00 to
Page
Page
Release 00 to
Delay 00 to
Trigger Normal, Freerun, Reset, Reset-Freerun
Page
Sustain Pedal On or Off
Time Tracking On or Off
Page
Page
Selecting the Modulator 1 to
MOD 1 - MOD
About General Purpose Modulation
Modulation Source
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Gate Mode Off or On
Modulation Destination
Modulation Level -99 to +99
Page 4 Mods 1 - 3 Only
Delay 00 to
Shape 8 choices
Speed 00 to
Page
Page
Trigger Mono, Poly, Key Mono, or Key Poly
Mod Wheel Depth -99 to
Level 00 to
Delay 00 to
Aftertouch Depth -99 to
Wave 8 choices
Page
Delay 00 to
AMP LFO
Trigger Mono, Poly, Key Mono, Key Poly
Mod Wheel Depth -99 to
Mod Wheel Depth -99 to
Level 00 to
Page
Page
Pages
Tracking Input
Tracking Points 0 - 10
Page
Voice
PROGRAMMING DRUM SOUNDS
Group
VOICE
Page
Tune -12.00 to +12.00
VelocityPitch 0 to
Page
Note # Range 0 to +3
VelocityFilter 0 to
Note # 000 to 127/C-2 to G8
Decay 0 to 99, Gate00 to Gate99
Editing Programs Chapter
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Page
COPYING SOUNDS
Mute Group Off, 1, 2, or
COPYING EFFECTS
CHAPTER
EDITING EFFECTS
ABOUT SIGNAL PROCESSING
Main Left
EFFECT πß MIDI Chan
SETTING EFFECTS SEND LEVELS
SELECTING AN EFFECTS PATCH IN MIX MODE
EFFECT
NAVIGATING
CLIP
EDITING EFFECTS
Editing Effects Chapter
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COPYING EFFECT PATCHES
STORING EFFECT PATCHES IN PROGRAM MODE
STORING EFFECT PATCHES IN MIX MODE
CONFIGURATIONS
Delay
CONFIGURATION #1 1 REVERB
Delay
Delay
Editing Effects Chapter
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Pitch
CONFIGURATION #2 2 REVERBS
Delay
Reverb
Delay
CONFIGURATION #3 LEZLIE AND REVERB
Delay
Delay
Delay
CONFIGURATION #4 REVERB AND EQ
Delay
Pitch
Pitch
CONFIGURATION #5 OVERDRIVE AND LEZLIE
Delay
Reverb
Hi EQ Frequency 3kHz to 10kHz
Lo EQ Frequency 30Hz to 180Hz
Lo EQ Gain 0dB to +12dB
Hi EQ Gain 0dB to +9dB
Mod Destination
Mod Source
Page 1 Mod 1 & Page 4 Mod
Page 2 Mod 1 & Page 5 Mod
Page 3 Config. 3 or Page 6 Config
Page 1 Config. 3 or Page 4 Config
Page 2 Config. 3 or Page 5 Config
Pages 1 & 2 Config. 5 only
DRY SIGNAL
Pitch Type
DELAY DRY SIGNAL
PITCH
FLANGED
DELAY
SIGNAL
FEEDBACK
Delay Input 99 to 0 to
Page 2 Config. 2 Only
Depth 00 to
Resonator Tuning 00 to
Waveform Shape Sine or Square
Feedback 00 to
Pages 3 & 4 and 6 & 7 in Stereo Delay
DELAY
Delay Type 3 types
Page 5 and Page 8 in Stereo Delay
Page 3 Config 1, 3, 4 and
Page 1 Config 1, 3, 4 and
Page 2 Config 1, 3, 4 and
Page 4 Config 1 and
Send Input Levels 99 to 0 to
Page 1 Config 2 Only
Chorus Input Level 00 to
Page 1 Sends 2 through
Pages 6
Pre-Delay Time 0 to 299ms
Reverb Type 7 types
Page
Decay 00 to
Pre-Delay Mix 99 to 0 to
Input Filter 00 to
Low Decay and High Decay 00 to
Overdrive Threshold 00 to
OVERDRIVE
Overdrive Type Hard or Soft
Overdrive Brightness 00 to
Page 1 Config. 3 Page 5 Config
Pitch Level 00 to 99 Page 1Config 1 and 4 Page 2 Config 2
Reverb Level 00 to 99 Page 3 Config. 1 - 4 Page 4 Config
Page 1 Config. 5 Only
Editing Effects Chapter
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MASTER PITCH
GLOBAL SETTINGS
EDITING GLOBAL PARAMETERS
MASTER TUNE
Page 4
CONTROLLERS A - D ASSIGNMENT
PEDALS 1 AND 2 ASSIGNMENT
Page 8
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MIDI PROGRAM SELECT
Global Settings Chapter
RECEIVING/TRANSMITTING BANK CHANGE MESSAGES
MIDI , PC 38.4kbaud and PC31.25kb
INPUT/OUTPUT MODE
Page
MIDI and MAC 1MHz
➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ ➅ ➆
MIDI OUT
MIX GROUP CHANNEL
Page
CLOCK
PAGE
SAVING THE USER BANK TO A PCMCIA CARD
USING PCMCIA EXPANSION CARDS
MIDI TRANSFER AND STORAGE OPERATIONS
➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄
LOADING A BANK FROM AN EXTERNAL CARD
STORING AN INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM OR MIX
MIDI Transfer and Storage Operations Chapter
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LOADING AN INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM OR MIX
CARD STORAGE RAMIFICATIONS
MIDI Transfer and Storage Operations Chapter
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To send a single Program via MIDI
SAVING PROGRAMS VIA MIDI SYS EX
To send the entire User bank via MIDI
SEQUENCE PLAYBACK
To send a single Program via MIDI to a different Program number
Chapter 9 MIDI Transfer and Storage Operations
QSR Reference
Symptom
TROUBLE-SHOOTING
TROUBLE-SHOOTING INDEX
Solution
CLEANING
MAINTENANCE/SERVICE
CHECKING SOFTWARE VERSION
OBTAINING REPAIR SERVICE
Customers outside the USA
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MIDI HARDWARE
MIDI SUPPLEMENT
MIDI BASICS
APPENDIX B
CHANNEL MESSAGES VOICE MESSAGES
MIDI MESSAGE BASICS
CHANNEL MESSAGES MODE MESSAGES
121 Reset All Controllers 122 Local Control On/Off 0 or
6 Data Slider 7 Main Volume 8 Balance 10 Pan 11 Expression
92 Tremolo Depth 93 Chorus Depth 94 Celeste Depth 95 Phase Depth
MIDI Supplement Appendix B
GENERAL MIDI
SYSTEM COMMON MESSAGES
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the Channel is selected using the MIDI CH buttons, the word
MIDI Supplement Appendix B
Transmitted
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART
Function
Recognized
PROGRAM EDIT PARAMETERS
PARAMETERS INDEX
APPENDIX C
Display
Page
Page in
Parameter
Function
Parameter
MIX EDIT PARAMETERS
Page in
Page
INDEX